The truth-teller is a kind of liberator, rescuing the deluded individual from his protective fantasies.
Those who employ white lies in an effort to benefit others are demonstrating the “quintessence of arrogance” since in such cases the liar assumes he knows what truths can be handled by the other person.
Harris assumes that the beneficiary of these truth statements is themselves blind to reality.
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